Themes, Branding, and the Public Page

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Every event in Forge has a public-facing registration page that attendees see when they click your event link. The Page Designer lets you control the look and feel — hero image, colors, logo, section layout — so the registration experience matches your organization's brand.

🖼️ In the Forge app: Page Designer — drag sections, update the hero image, and preview light/dark mode in real time.

Before you start

  • Have your logo file ready (PNG or SVG, transparent background recommended).
  • Know your brand's primary color hex code — this sets the button and accent color on the registration page.
  • Have a high-resolution hero image prepared: minimum 1200px wide, 16:9 or 2:1 ratio works best.
  • If your organization uses a global theme across all events, check if an admin-level theme has already been set up under Admin → Branding. A global theme auto-applies to new events and reduces per-event design work.

Steps

  1. Open your event workspace and click the Page Designer tab. Page Designer (and the full-screen Website Builder) signs you in as your own Salesforce user; if your Forge user isn't linked to a Salesforce user, you see Page Designer isn't available for your account instead, so ask your Forge admin to link it.
  2. Click Hero Image and upload or select your event's banner image. The preview updates immediately. Adjust the focal point if the subject of the image is off-center.
  3. Click Colors (or the paint bucket icon). Set the Primary Color to your brand hex (e.g., #7360FF for Blackthorn violet). This color applies to the registration button, section highlights, and links.
  4. Click Logo to upload your organization's logo. It appears in the header of the registration page above the event title.
  5. Review the section layout. The Page Designer shows draggable sections: Hero, Event Details, Agenda/Sessions, Speakers, Sponsors, Registration Form, and Footer. Drag sections to reorder them. Hide sections you do not need by toggling them off.
  6. Click any text block on the preview to edit it inline — update the event tagline, description, or call-to-action text.
  7. Use the Preview button to open the live registration page URL in a new tab and verify it renders correctly at different viewport sizes (desktop, tablet, mobile).
  8. If your organization has a custom domain configured, the registration URL uses that domain. Otherwise it uses the default Forge public URL.
  9. Click Save to publish your Page Designer changes. Changes take effect immediately on the live registration page.

🖼️ In the Forge app: Color picker in Page Designer — set primary color to match your brand palette.

Global themes save time for event group

If you manage multiple events under a single brand, ask your Forge admin to configure a global theme under Admin → Branding. New events inherit the global logo, primary color, and font choices automatically. You can still override individual elements per event in the Page Designer.

Section reference

Section Content Configurable?
Hero Event title, date, location, hero image, CTA button Image, focal point, button label
Event Details Description, event type, format, tags Rich text, show/hide
Agenda Session list from Sessions tab Show/hide; pulls live from Sessions data
Speakers Speaker cards from Speakers tab Show/hide; pulls live from Speaker records
Sponsors Sponsor logos from Sponsors tab Show/hide; pulls live from Sponsor records
Registration Form Ticket selection and form questions Always shown; form questions configured on Forms tab
Footer Contact info, social links, legal Editable text fields

:::(Note) (Page Designer does not write to Salesforce)
The Page Designer configuration (colors, images, section order) is stored in Forge's own settings layer — not in Salesforce fields. However, the content that appears in each section (speaker names, session titles, sponsor logos) is pulled live from Salesforce records each time the page loads.
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Verify

  • The public registration URL shows your uploaded hero image and brand color on buttons.
  • Your organization's logo appears in the page header.
  • Sections are in the order you configured — e.g., Speakers appears above Sponsors if you dragged it there.
  • The page renders correctly at mobile width (375px) without horizontal scroll.
  • Dark mode (if the attendee's OS prefers dark mode) shows the correct contrast — Forge applies automatic dark-mode adjustments to the public page.
  • The registration form button color matches your primary brand color.